Are Y'all Kidding Me?

How are so many of you giving this so many stars and good reviews?!?
Yong Jie got Xing Si (his stepbrother) drunk, raped him, filmed it, and showed the film to their father. Their mother admitted to knowing what Yong Jie was going to do and not stopping him because she thought they'd make a good couple. This is absolutely ridiculous. Xing Si is worried that he forced his little brother, but when he realizes it was the other way around, he slaps him twice. That's the end of it. Yong Jie then proceeds to romance and win over Xing Si and get him to agree to date him. NO, absolutely NOT. Is this okay to the writers and viewers because Xing Si is a man? Think about this storyline with Xing Si as a female being drugged and raped by her step brother. It is never okay to have sex with a person and/or film anything without 100% non coerced consent. I felt that Xing Si was being pressured to do whatever it took to keep his family together, even if that meant being the sex toy of his little brother. The story line was disturbing at best, disgusting at worst.

Now let's talk about Li Cheng and Mu Ren. Pretending to date to get a girl? How asinine! Also, it's 2021 arguing over top/bottom needs to be put in the past. Sexual relationships are rarely so straight forward with permanently assigned roles. Sometimes, I wonder if anyone writing, acting in, directing, or producing a BL has even had anal sex. The misconceptions abound. Also, there are tons of sexual activities for two men other than anal penetration. This trope needs to go!

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Unsatisfactory Ending

I was enjoying this drama, other than the uncomfortable scenes with the child actors. The age difference is really noticeable when it's 16 and 10. Then the last episode was disjointed. No satisfactory ending for Aoey or Mork. There were lots of cute moments between Gene and Sib in the last 30 minutes, but still some loose ends. Then, after THE END, the afterward scene makes it so that everything that we witnessed was just the author writing the novel. It felt awkward and unsatisfying. Kao and Up have great chemistry and really sold the couple. I loved the insider looks at the industry. Especially, the look at how harmful shipping culture can be when taken too far. It was an enjoyable drama but they didn't stick the landing.

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